Kyle Hardy

Medicare could save up to $18 billion over the next decade by implementing a radiology benefit management program, according to MedSolutions.

The Hunan Provincial Government of the People's Republic of China has struck an agreement with Perot Systems to provide healthcare organization of the province with IT consulting services.

Beloit Memorial Hospital has deployed a new X-ray system in its expanded emergency department to help deal with an increasing patient population.

The St. Louis VA Medical Center, part of the John Cochran Division, will roll out a new real-time location system designed to improve management of growing patient populations and efficiency.

South Jersey Healthcare plans to deploy a new health information exchange system to improve healthcare information technology services, connectivity and interoperability.

Huntington Memorial Hospital, an active teaching facility based in Pasadena, Calif., has implemented a new CT system to provide improved workflow in its high-volume emergency room.

In an effort to push California’s goal of a wired health system, The California Public Employee’s Retirement System has partnered with Anthem Blue Cross, Medco Health Solutions, Inc., and Blue Shield of California.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's EHR Usability Task Force has released a white paper focusing on the level of usability in electronic medical records and their implementation at healthcare organizations.

Clinical decision support is emerging as a way for providers to cut costs and improve quality of care during an econmic recession.

New financial and regu-latory changes have opened the door for rapid growth emerging market of infection control software, according to forecasts from Orem, Utah-based research firm KLAS. But an organization of hospital infection control personnel says hospitals don’t have the money.